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DATE: September 17,
2012
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of the alley behind Lot
1, Tract 1, Block 9, Fuller and Keith Addition
FILE: 820-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Patrick Gibbs, agent for an adjacent property owner, has applied for
the abandonment of the alley behind Lot 1, Tract 1, Block 9, Fuller
and Keith Addition. Mr. Gibbs states that the property owner is
renovating the old Red Cross Building at 708 Magnolia. Parts of the
30' wide alley that ran from Hazel to North have been abandoned
over the years and all that remains is the subject 15' x 58' portion.
The abandoned alley would be used for additional parking.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 2 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
Being a 15' x 58' portion of alley, beginning at the south
right-of-way line of Hazel Avenue and running in a southerly
direction for a distance of 58', City of Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas, containing 0.019 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Patrick Gibbs
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Beaumont
LOCATION: East of Lot 1, Tract 1, Block 9,
Fuller and Keith Addition
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.019 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Vacant
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
EAST: Commercial GC-MD
SOUTH: Commercial GC-MD
WEST: Church GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: N/A
DRAINAGE: N/A
WATER: N/A
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: N/A
PROPERTY OWNERS
JAMES AUSTIN
SABINE NECHES BRIDGE ASSN.